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11 votes 5 answers12k views
How comparable are dulaglutide and cagrilintide on the evidence available?

Stated plainly: dulaglutide · cagrilintide. I suspect the honest answer is that it depends, in which case I would like to know on what. Assume I can obtain either…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
dulaglutide
dulaglutide

A once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist built on an Fc fusion rather than fatty-acid acylation. Use this tag for questions about the fusion-protein…

200 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by pip_okonjo 13k · 20 months ago
11 votes 5 answers12k views
How comparable are oral semaglutide and retatrutide on the evidence available?

The particulars: oral semaglutide · retatrutide. The comparison I want does not seem to exist anywhere in a form I can evaluate. I have read the arguments for each…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
oral-glp1
oral-glp1

Oral routes for GLP-1 receptor agonism: peptide formulations rescued by absorption enhancers such as SNAC, and true small molecules that need no…

219 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

251 questions
asked by marcus_thorbjorn 9.4k · 6 months ago
11 votes 5 answers9.1k views
What does SELECT actually establish about a GLP-1 receptor agonist?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SELECT · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
asked by gel_pack_warm 13k · 21 months ago
11 votes5 answers8.2k views
What does the mechanism of semaglutide predict that FLOW did not test?

The particulars: semaglutide · FLOW. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would rather hear that…

glp1-mechanism
glp1-mechanism

Receptor-level pharmacology: GLP-1R as a class B GPCR, cAMP and PKA signalling, biased agonism, internalisation and resensitisation, and the…

132 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gip-receptor
gip-receptor

GIP receptor pharmacology, and the still-unsettled question of whether agonism or antagonism at GIPR is the metabolically useful direction.…

34 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
asked by Dr_Sara_Kuusela 28k · 15 months ago
11 votes 5 answers7.2k views
What does SURMOUNT-5 tell me about nausea at the 10 mg dose?

The particulars: SURMOUNT-5 · nausea · 10 mg. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
nausea
nausea

The dominant tolerability signal in every trial of the class: incidence, timing relative to a dose step, duration, and the distinction between…

55 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by orla_sheridan 18k · 4 months ago
11 votes5 answers6.9k views
What did the placebo arm of SELECT report for headache?

What I have: SELECT · headache. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am being…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 questions
asked by tandem_gradient 61k · 9 months ago
11 votes5 answers6.7k views
How do I convert the SURMOUNT-1 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

I have three data points across nine months, which I hope is enough to see a trend. This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different…

cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
asked by rania_haddad 13k · 12 months ago
11 votes1 answer6.6k views
What exactly did the FLOW renal composite measure?

I am reading the trial table rather than the press release, which is why the numbers differ. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what…

renal-outcomes
renal-outcomes

Kidney endpoints: the FLOW composite, eGFR slope as an endpoint, albuminuria regression, and why an early eGFR dip is expected rather than alarming.

9 questions
kidney-function
kidney-function

eGFR, creatinine, cystatin C and albuminuria: the acute haemodynamic dip that is not injury, the renal outcome data from the FLOW programme, and…

141 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by shear_at_the_front 17k · 5 months ago
11 votes 3 answers6k views
What did FLOW do with participants who could not tolerate a step?

My records go back to the first dose with dates, so I can reconstruct the timeline exactly. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me…

titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

162 questions
asked by rukhsana_iqbal 17k · 2 months ago
11 votes 5 answers4k views
Is a titration interval of twelve weeks better supported than four weeks for retatrutide?

The case in front of me: twelve weeks · retatrutide. I would rather be corrected now than propagate something wrong. I am specifically not interested in a…

titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
dose-escalation
dose-escalation

The decision to move up a step: what evidence supports a four-week interval, what happens when you compress it, and how trial protocols handled…

103 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

251 questions
asked by p_mkhize 58k · 5 months ago
11 votes 2 answers3.4k views
How do I convert the SURPASS-2 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

I am reading the trial table rather than the press release, which is why the numbers differ. I can do the algebra. I am not confident about the conversion factors. If…

cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
asked by unit_math 6.2k · 4 months ago
10 votes 5 answers24k views
What is the reported incidence of constipation on a GLP-1 receptor agonist in SURPASS-3?

What I am working with: constipation · a GLP-1 receptor agonist · SURPASS-3. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more…

constipation
constipation

Slowed transit as a consequence of delayed gastric emptying and reduced intake: incidence figures, fibre and hydration evidence, and why it often…

55 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by eoin_mcgarry 18k · 20 months ago
10 votes5 answers21k views
Why is "it worked for me" not evidence of anything analytical?

This is a first order from this supplier, so I have no track record to reason from. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer…

harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 questions
batch-testing
batch-testing

Testing at the batch or lot level: sampling plans, how many vials from a lot need testing to say anything about the lot, and the difference…

910 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by rhian_prydderch 23k · 18 months ago
10 votes 5 answers19k views
What does TRIUMPH-3 actually establish about a GLP-1 receptor agonist?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: TRIUMPH-3 · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
asked by coldpack_88 50k · 16 months ago
10 votes 5 answers15k views
How comparable are ecnoglutide and liraglutide on the evidence available?

Stated plainly: ecnoglutide · liraglutide. These are treated as interchangeable and I do not think they are. If both are acceptable I would like to know that, so I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

223 questions
liraglutide
liraglutide

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist and the compound that established the class. Still relevant for its shorter half-life, its paediatric and…

235 questions
asked by threadlock7 19k · 18 months ago
10 votes 5 answers15k views
Is SELECT a fair comparison of a GLP-1 receptor agonist against its comparator arm?

Stated plainly: SELECT · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. This has the shape of a fact but I cannot find its origin. What I found instead were three secondary sources all…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
asked by unit_math 6.2k · 19 months ago
10 votes 5 answers14k views
How comparable are survodutide and retatrutide on the evidence available?

What I am working with: survodutide · retatrutide. I would like the axes of comparison first and the recommendation second. I have tried the first option and it…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
survodutide
survodutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist with a substantial published MASH dataset. Use this tag for its hepatic endpoints, its dose ladder, and…

225 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

251 questions
asked by sinead_gaffney 28k · 9 months ago
10 votes5 answers12k views
Is there any published stability data for ecnoglutide at minus 20 °C?

The case in front of me: ecnoglutide · minus 20 °C. I want to know whether there is evidence behind this or only repetition. I have checked the obvious registries and…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

223 questions
asked by pk_curve 30k · 9 months ago
10 votes3 answers11k views
Is there any published stability data for a GLP-1 receptor agonist at 4 °C?

What I have: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · 4 °C. I am asking for verification rather than opinion, ideally with something I can read myself. It is possible the evidence…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by net_peptide 12k · 14 months ago
10 votes 5 answers10k views
What is the reported incidence of early satiety on semaglutide in STEP 5?

Stated plainly: early satiety · semaglutide · STEP 5. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the full report…

gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

162 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
asked by meniscus_film 32k · 4 months ago
10 votes 5 answers9.5k views
Does the SUSTAIN-6 population resemble anyone asking about semaglutide here?

Concretely: SUSTAIN-6 · semaglutide. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they do not. I can supply the numbers if the specifics…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
asked by nynke_dekker 9.4k · 6 months ago
10 votes 5 answers8.7k views
Is there any published stability data for mazdutide at 40 °C?

What I have: mazdutide · 40 °C. I would rather be corrected now than propagate something wrong. I am specifically not interested in a testimonial; I am interested in…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
mazdutide
mazdutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist developed primarily in China, with a distinct dose range and a fast-moving publication record.…

237 questions
asked by fibre_or_fragment 13k · 3 months ago
10 votes 5 answers7.7k views
What does STEP 8 actually establish about semaglutide?

Numbers first: STEP 8 · semaglutide. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to disagree,…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
asked by second_lot 9.4k · 4 months ago
10 votes4 answers7.4k views
Is there any published stability data for a GLP-1 receptor agonist at 30 °C?

Details up front: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · 30 °C. I am asking for verification rather than opinion, ideally with something I can read myself. It is possible the…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by sample_id 17k · 7 months ago